Crosswalk the Musical in Paris – Les Misérables – #LateLateLondon

>>James: WHAT CAN I SAY,
WE’VE CONQUERED LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, LONDON. IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE THE CROSS WALK COMPANY SET FOOT ON FRENCH SOIL. AND HERE WE ARE, PARIS, PARIS,
THE CITY OF LIGHTS, THE CITY OF LOVE.>>BONJOUR.>>YOU CAN FEEL IT. THE CULTURE THE SOPHISTICATION,
THE BEAUTY, THE JENESES QUOI.>>PARIS IS HOME TO SOME OF THE
THE WORLD’S GREATEST CULTURAL PRESSURE TREASURES. THE MONDAYA LISA, THE VENUS DI
MILO AND NOW CROSS WALK THE MUSICAL OR SHOULD I SAY CROSS
WALK LE MUSICALE. BONJOUR, BONJOUR, BONJOUR,
ATTENTION, ATTENTION JE MAPEL, TONY AND EMMY WINNING ACTOR
JAMES CORDEN. (SPEAKING FRENCH) SILL VIEW
PLAY.>>WE ARE BISH.>>OH CAN YOU TAKE IT THIS,
OKAY. THAT’S GREAT NEWS. STOP IT. I WILL BE BACK. WE HAVE COME TO PARIS TO FILL
THEIR HEARTS, THEIR MINDS, MOST PORNTDLY THEIR CROSS WALK WITH
THE GREATEST AND UNLESS I’M MISTAKEN ONLY FRENCH MUSICAL OF
ALL TIME, LESS MISS ECIALS LES MISERABLES.>>NON, NON. ABSOLUTEMENT, NON. LES MISERABLES, IT IT HAS GOT IT
ALL, DRAMA ACTION AMAZING SONGS AND NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW THIS T
IS VERY PROGRESSIVE. LES MISERABLES IS ACTUALLY
FRENCH FOR SAD LESBIANS.>>ACTUALLY IT IS THE
MISERABLES.>>REALLY? WELL, STATISTICICALLYK SOME OF
THOSE MISERABLES WILL HAVE BEEN LESBIANS SO WE’RE BOTH RIGHT. AS YOU KNOW LES MISERABLES IS
PRIMARILY A MUSICAL ABOUT WAVING FLAGS. SO WE’RE GOING TO PRACTICE SOME
OF THAT TODAY. SO HERE’S SOME FLAGS.>>AND WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO A
LITTLE FLAG WAVING CLASS, OKAY. THERE WE GO. THAT’S FOR YOU. THERE WE ARE, THAT IS FOR YOU.>>NOT KOREAN FLAG.>>IS THAT THE GOOD ONE OR BAD
KOREA.>>BAD, BAD.>>IS IT BAD. WELL, BUILD A BRIDGE THERE WE
GO. LET’S IMET THEMçó WAVING. AND THEN FOLLOW MY ARMS UP AND
BACK HERE PARISIENNE CROSS WALKS ARE DRCH TO THE CROSSWALKS OF
LONDON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK. WILL YOU NOT JUST BE AVOIDING
CARS. YOU BE WILL AVOIDING A LOT OF
PASTRY, I’M TALKING CROIX SANTD, BRICOE, MACKARON, LESCART, YOU
WILL BE MOVING, DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING, DNG DNS THAT IS THE
KRS WALK, THAT IS THE SECRET, THAT IS THE SECRET OKAY. HEY, OH.>>I MEAN IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT
PARIS IS MY SPIRITUAL HOME. YOU KNOW THE FOOD. THE LIFESTYLE, THE AMBIENCE.>>NON, NON, ABSOLUTEMENT.>>IT ALL SPEAKS TO ME T SPEAKS
TO MY SOULK I EVEN STARTED SMOKING. OKAY GUYS, IMARY AROUND, IMARY
AROUND, OKAY, THIS IS IT. IN 1789 THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
OVERTHROUGH THE MONARCHY AND YOU WERE ARED IN A NEW ERA. BLOOD WAS SHED. LIVES WERE LOST. WITH ONE SOLE PURPOSE, TO CREATE
THE MUSICAL LES MISERABLES. TODAY WE PERFORM THAT MUSICAL
RIGHT HERE IN THE BEATING HEART OF THE NATION’S CAPITOL. NOW WHO IS WITH ME? WHO WILL SAY VIV LES MISERABLES.>>VIVE LES MISS ARABLE.>>VIVE WILL FRANCE.>>VIVE WILL FRANCE.>>VIV LA JAMES CORDEN.>>VIV LA JAMES CORDEN.>>YOU GUYS ARE SO SWEET. LET’S DO IT. COME ON! ♪ KEEPER OF THE FOOD. ♪ READY FOR WATER IN THE WINE. ♪ MAKING UP THE WASTE. ♪ PICKING UP THEIR NICK NAKS. ♪ EVERYBODY LOVES THE LANDLORD. ♪ EVERYBODY BOSOM FRIEND. ♪ I WILL DO WHATEVER PLEASES,
BUT I’LL BLEED THEM IN THE END. ♪ MASTER OF THE HOUSE. ♪ GET SMOAT. ♪ SMOAT PHILOSOPHER, A LIFELONG
DATE. ♪ EVERYBODY’S COMPANION. ♪ EVERYBODY’S CHAPERONE. ♪ BUT LOCK UP YOUR BELONGINGS,
I’LL BLEED THEM TO BONE. ♪ WAIT THERE, GO, GO, COME ON. GO, GO, GO. QUICKLY, QUICKLY. YES. YES! YOU’RE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. YOU’RE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. YOU’RE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. YOU’RE THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE. LET’S CROCK ON. HERE WE ABOUT. NORMALLY AM THIS SCENE THERE
WOULD BE GUNS, THERE WOULD BE SWORDS BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THEY
SAY, WHEN IN PARIS, DO AS THE THE PARISIENNES DO. LePAN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE
SWORD.>>DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING. ♪ SINGING A SONG OF ANGRY MEN. ♪ THIS IS THE CALL TO PEOPLE WHO
WILL NOT BE SAVED AGAIN. ♪ WHEN THE BEATING OF YOUR
HEART. ♪ ECHOES THE BEATING OF THE
DRUM. ♪ THERE IS A LIFE ABOUT TO STOP
WHEN TOMORROW COMES. ♪ HALT. HALT. LOSE THE HORSE T IS NOT A REAL
HORSE. OH MY GOD, YES, YES, YES. YES! SOMEBODY IMET ME A PER YER GET
ME A PER YER I NEED A PER YER GET OFF THE HORSE AND GET ME A
PERRIER! GOOD WORK, GUY, KEEP IT GOING. KEEP IT GOING. WITHIN I’M A METHOD ACTOR,
EVERYONE KNOWS THAT, WHEN I TAKE ON A ROLL I LIKE TO LIVE THE
PART, BREATHE THE PART, WHEN TAY TAKING ON THE ROLE OF FANTIEN A
FRENCH PROSTITUTED, CAN I TELL YOU RIGHT NOW I MADE MY
EXCEPTION. Z.>>BONJOUR.>>BONJOUR. BONJOUR. WOUI. YEAH, OKAY. OKAY. I DREAMED A DREAM OF TIME GONE
BY. ♪ WHEN HOPE WAS HIGH AND LIFE
WORTH LIVING. ♪ I DREAMED THAT LOVE WOULD
NEVER DIE. ♪ I DREAMED THAT GOD WOULD KEEP
ON GIVING. ♪ I HAD A DREAM MY LIFE WOULD
BE. ♪ SO DIFFERENT FROM THIS HELL
I’M LIVING SNOATD SO DIFFERENT NOW FROM WHAT IT SEEMS. ♪ THE LIFE HAS KILLED THE DREAM
IN ME– CAR, DO YOU MIND? WE’RE DOING A SHOW. THEY’RE DOING A SHOW. WE’RE DOING A MUSICAL! THAT WAS GREAT, GUYS. THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS GREAT.>>I MEAN SO MUCH FOR FRENCH
MANNERS. LOOK, I GET IT, IF A BUILDING IS
ON FIRE, YOU’VE GOT TO GET THERE. BUT IF A SHOW IS IS ON FIRE,
DON’T PUT THAT OUT IN THE PROCESS. OKAY. GUYS. THIS IS IT. THE BIG FINALE. ONE SONG MORE. LET’S GO. ONE DAY MORE. ♪
♪ ♪ TOMORROW IS THE JUDGEMENT DAY. ♪ TOMORROW WE’LL FOR WHAT IN
HEAV HEN IN STORE. ♪ ONE MORE DOR. ♪ ONE MORE DAY. ♪ ONE DAY MORE. ♪ CARS, GO, GO, GO I WILL SEE MU
COURT. GO, GO, GO, GO. OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY IMOD! DID YOU SEE IT? DID YOU FEEL IT.>>YES.>>DID YOU FEEL IT? NOT ABOUT ME GUYS, IT IS ABOUT
ME AND THEN IT’S ABOUT YOU. AND I NEED TO YOU TO REMEMBER
THAT. LET’S GIVE THEM A CURTAIN CALL. LET’S GIVE THEM A CURTAIN CALL. MERCI, MERCI, MERCI. MERCI. MERCI. MERCI. GIVE MAY A– MERCI. GIVE MAY A– MERCI. VIV LeFRANCE!>>THEY LOVED THAT. THEY LOVED IT. THEY LOVED THAT. AND I DON’T THINK IT IS
EGOISTICAL IN ANYWAY TO SAY THAT I AM A [BLEEP] STAR! I NEED A CROISSANT.

When I was in art school we had to make a short movie. One of the movies was of about 10 students with big portfolios trying to cross the street in a big city. The walk sign would be green and they would start across. Half way the sign would change and they would run back to the side they started from. Then they would try again, but there would be only 7 and so on. At the end there was just one. He didn't make it either. This reminds me of that… 30 years later! Still cracks me up… this and that old one.

Love this. I don't enjoy every "Crosswalk the Musical" episode, especially the ones with the guest stars, but this Les Mis number is a lot of fun. The music is good, and Paris can't look any more beautiful.

This must have been filmed in early spring, because people are still wearing jackets. Europe is currently in a summer heat wave.